congress and the president and all without any input from we the people and that brings us to this year's presidential election between barack obama and mitt romney are currently for sitting supreme court justices over the age of seventy three over the age of seventy five which means we could see some new supreme court members appointed by whoever is elected in november which means the next president barack obama or mitt romney will play a critical role in shaping the direction this nation goes for at least the next generation through their supreme court appointees an obama victory could tilt the court back to the center preserving rulings like roe v wade and perhaps in the future doing away with rulings like citizens united on the other hand a romney victory could strengthen the fringe rights harsh majority on the court which already has been very good to corporate interests and move us all closer and closer to a nation truly captive to corporate rule so say what you want about choice of candidates in this presidential election and whether there's a real difference between the two candid